Monthly Archives: August 2019

The Assumption celebrated around the world

16/08/2019

  • From a forest in China to the streets of Manhattan, China’s underground church is underground no more.

    Around the world there are many ways that the Solemnity of the Assumption is celebrated. In Paris, a silver statue of the Blessed Mother is transported by boat along the Seine River. In Madrid the locals don colourful attire and dance through the streets, but in New York, there is a celebration that tops them all, and amazingly, it began only 25 short years ago in Chinatown…

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The Gospel of the day: 16th August

16/08/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Joshua 24, 1-13
    Psalm: 135 (136), 1-3.16-18.21-22 & 24

    Gospel: Mt 19, 3-12

  • Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? …

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“Our hope is to be lifted away from our sin and like Mary to pass from death to life” – The Archbishop on the feast of the Assumption

Mass on the Feast of the Assumption, celebrated at the Minor Basilica in Mosta

15/08/2019
  • Summary of the Archbishop’s Homily


  • The Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, Mosta
    15 August 2019

    I would to share a reflection with you that has been brewing in my mind and heart for some time that would help us celebrate the Easter of the Assumption in a more meaningful and profound manner…

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The Gospel of the day: 15th August

15/08/2019
  • Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven – Solemnity
    Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Rev 11, 19a; 12, 1-6a. 10ab
    Psalm: 44, 10bc.11-12ab.16
    Second Reading: 1 Cor 15, 20-26

    Gospel: Lk 1, 39-56

  • Mary set out in those days and travelled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth…

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Pope Francis to meet Aid to the Church in Need’s delegates

15/08/2019

  • A delegation of the International Pontifical Foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be meeting with the Holy Father Pope Francis on Thursday,  15th August 2019, in a gesture to pray for peace in solidarity with the Syrian people, console families who mourn the loss of their dearest ones and commemorate the victims of war. 

    During the audience, the Holy Father will bless 6,000 Rosaries for the families of the war victims in Syria, expressing his support and personal engagement for the upcoming celebration which Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be organizing together with the local Christian leaders in Syria on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15th) under the theme: “Console my people” (cf…

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“Our Lady sheds light on eternity” – The Archbishop

L-investitura tal-kanonċi l-ġodda tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan lejlet il-festa ta' Santa Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema

14/08/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Il-Katidral ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina
    14 ta’ Awwissu, 2019

    “Fejn hi, ja mewt, in-niggieża tiegħek?” (1 Kor 15:55). Il-mistoqsija li għamel l-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl fl-Ittra lill-Korintin għandha diversi tweġibiet, li jagħtihomlna l-istess Pawlu: “in-niggieża tal-mewt hi d-dnub” (1 Kor 15:56). Aħna ħafna drabi niġu affaċċjati bid-dnub tagħna, bid-difetti tagħna, bin-nuqqasijiet tagħna, bil-mard tagħna u meta nkunu weħidna quddiem il-mera tal-verità, dawn l-affarijiet iniggżuna u jumiljawna…

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The Gospel of the day: 14th August

14/08/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Deut 34, 1-12
    Psalm: 65 (66), 1-3a.5 & 16-17

    Gospel: Mt 18, 15-20

  • Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother…

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Pope writes to people of Genoa one year after collapse of Morandi Bridge

13/08/2019

  • Almost a year has passed since the collapse of the Morandi Bridge, which caused the death of 43 people. Pope Francis remembers that tragic day in a letter sent to the Genoese newspaper “Il Secolo XIX”, also published in other newspapers of the group Gedi News Network.

  • A wound inflicted on the heart of Genoa, “a tragedy for those who have lost their relatives”, “a shocking event for those who have been forced to leave their homes living as displaced persons”…

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The Gospel of the day: 13th August

13/08/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Deut 31, 1-8
    Psalm: Deut 32, 3-4a.7.8.9 & 12

    Gospel: Mt 18, 1-5.10.12-14

  • The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven…

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The secret to lasting happiness, according to Jesus

12/08/2019

  • Jesus came into this world to open the gates of Heaven and show us the way to enter. He didn’t promise that following this path would be “all roses and sunshine,” but instead warned us that we would have to carry our own crosses in order to follow him.

    Yet, even in the midst of our struggle, Jesus promised to bless us and teach us the secret to happiness in this life and the life to come…

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